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Governor Wike Gets Angry, Blasts PDP
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has delivered a damning verdict on most of the Senators and House of Representatives members elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over their roles in the election of National Assembly principal officers on Tuesday.
Most of them, he said, betrayed the party and are unworthy of trust.
He accused them of selling out on the positions of the party during the heated exercise.
The National Working Committee, NWC, of the PDP, early Tuesday morning, endorsed Senator Ali Ndume for the Senate Presidency.
The party also instructed its members in the House of Representatives to support the ambition of Hon Umaru Bako to become Speaker.
Wike, according to impeccable sources, mobilised NWC members to push through the endorsements despite the initial reluctance of the party to do so.
It was gathered but for Wike’s frantic efforts, the PDP wouldn’t have endorsed Ndume or Bago for the National Assembly principal posts.
The PDP supported Ike Ekeremadu for Deputy Senate Presidency. But despite the endorsements, Senator Ahmed Lawan won with 79 votes to Ndume’s 28.
This is despite the fact that PDP boasts of not less than 46 Senators.
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege was elected Deputy Senate President with 68 votes to Ekeremadu’s 37.
In the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila scored 281 votes to knock out Bago with 76.
Yet, PDP members in the Lower Chamber are over 140, fuelling speculations most of them ignored directives of the party.
Speaking on the disloyalty of the PDP NASS members, Wike said that they sold “out themselves for one plate of porridge.’’
He revealed that it is the typical act of politicians, most of whom he said he does not trust at all.
Governor Wike, while receiving visiting Bishops of the Anglican Province of the Niger Delta at the Government House, Port Harcourt said he rather trust only God who, he noted, never changes.
He said: “I don’t trust any human being. It is difficult for me to give 100 percent trust that a man will continue to be like this or like that.
‘’The only person that cannot change is God. For human beings, they can always change. That is why they are human beings.
‘’You can trust a human being but be careful to open your eyes, because anything can happen.”
He went on: “So as a Politician, one group you must watch very carefully are the politicians. They are easily swayed. Some believe. When they believe, they believe.
‘’Something can entice Politicians and they change. If you watch what happened at the National Assembly, you can see that this attitude of Politicians.
“You see the party has a position, before you know it, they are selling out themselves for one plate of porridge.
“This one has a case and he wants them to withdraw the case. These things we know and we are guided about it.
‘’I will never let my guard down to say everybody is with me. The only person I can be comfortable with at all times is God. If it is human being, no.”
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has revealed one of the reasons he can’t make peace with Governor Similayi Fubara of Rivers State.
Wike accused Fubara of removing a chief in his family and went ahead to make another person a chief.
The FCT Minister stated this on Wednesday while fielding questions from journalists at a media parley in Abuja.
According to reports, the statement comes amid the ongoing political crisis in the State, with Wike and Governor Similayi Fubara at the center of the feud.
“Sometimes when you people talk about this peace, you don’t take everything. You don’t just sit outside to talk.
“Look at me, a former governor, Minister of of the FCT, Governor (Fubara) had the temerity, the audacity, because he has money from federation account, because he has more Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), will enter my own family to remove a chief and make another person a chief,” Wike said.
Akwa Ibom state Police Command has said that some locally made firearms have been recovered during stop and search operations along Ikot road in the state .
A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state DSP Timfon John and made available to Journalists in Uyo on Thursday stated that the recovered firearms was in a determined effort to rid the state of illegal firearms and criminal elements .
The statement reads in parts:” Operatives of the Command intercepted a Mercedes Benz C300 with customized plate number FORBES JR, leading to the recovery of a locally fabricated firearm and two live cartridges.
“The operation, which took place at the Control Post in Ikot Ekpene, was part of the Command’s intensified stop-and-search strategy aimed at curbing crime and enhancing public safety.”
He said the vehicle had three male occupants who were identified themselves as: Nsisong Paul Okon, 27, native of Itak Village in Ikono local government area ,Francis Forbes, 62 from Ikot Akpa Edok Ndiya Village and Prince Forbes, 27, of Ikot Akpa Edok Ndiya Village from Ikono local government area respectively.
However, John disclosed that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Baba M. Azare has ordered a full-scale investigation into the matter.
“The Akwa Ibom State Police Command reaffirms its zero tolerance for unlawful possession of firearms and remains resolute in ensuring the safety of lives and property across the state”.
President Bola Tinubu has instructed lawmakers of the Lagos State House of Assembly to allow the impeached and reinstated Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, to continue leading the house.
The President made this position known when he met with the lawmakers at the State House in Abuja on Wednesday.
As reported earlier, this is the first time President Tinubu is meeting the lawmakers since the crisis began in the house January 13, 2025.
One of the lawmakers told newsmen that ” Obasa is staying. We will obey the president. What we had was a family meeting. The President condenmed Obasa’s actions but blamed us for not carring him (Tinubu) along during the impeachement execrise”.
However, the lawmaker said President Tinubu warned Obasa to carry everyone along.
” He also warned him (Obasa) that if there were any future complaints from any quarters, he would be gone. “The President said he should let peace reign; and so based on that, we have accepted.”
On the pending matter in court, the source said: “The President has instructed him to withdraw it.”
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